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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Ophthalmol. 2018 Jan 31;188:51–59. doi: 10.1016/j.ajo.2018.01.013

Table 3.

Levels of Variation in Intraocular Pressure and the Four-year Risk of Developing Open-angle Glaucoma Stratified by Mean Intraocular Pressure

IOP <15 mmHg

IOP ≥15 mmHg

N Incidence rate OR (95% CI)a Pa N Incidence rate OR (95% CI)a Pa
SD of IOP
 ≤1 mmHg 832 1.0% 1.00 (reference) - 493 2.6% 1.00 (reference) -
 >1, ≤2 mmHg 974 1.8% 1.77 (0.75–4.19) 0.19 592 1.2% 0.35 (0.12–0.97) 0.043
 >2, ≤3 mmHg 309 1.9% 2.10 (0.71–6.23) 0.18 242 2.5% 0.96 (0.34–2.68) 0.93
 >3 mmHg 96 6.3% 5.85 (1.81–18.92) 0.003 128 7.8% 1.80 (0.67–4.82) 0.24
Range of IOP
 ≤2 mmHg 841 1.1% 1.00 (reference) - 514 2.7% 1.00 (reference) -
 >2, ≤4 mmHg 928 1.7% 1.62 (0.70–3.74) 0.26 538 1.3% 0.38 (0.14–1.04) 0.061
 >4, ≤6 mmHg 344 1.7% 1.66 (0.57–4.80) 0.35 276 2.2% 0.86 (0.31–2.36) 0.76
 >6 mmHg 98 6.1% 5.37 (1.70–16.97) 0.004 127 7.1% 1.50 (0.55–4.11) 0.43

Abbreviations: CI=confidence interval; IOP=intraocular pressure; OR=odds ratio; SD=standard deviation.

a

Estimated from logistic regression models adjusting for baseline variables including age, axial length, lack of vision insurance, waist to hip ratio, central corneal thickness, and mean IOP.